Project Manager
Location: US, OR, Portland
Employment type: Contract
Required experience: Associate
Industry: Computer Software
Function: Consulting

Company profile:
Can data be a thing of beauty? We think so.At Seabourne, we build web applications that consolidate, integrate, and visualize data. Our dedicated project teams partner with our clients to achieve astounding results. Happy clients and cohesive teams are no accident—we have a delivery model that is tried and true and our established team of experts are cheered on to showcase their passion and know-how. We are excited about the work we do because we are building data solutions for clients who require brilliance, flexibility, and creativity. We solve real problems, making a real difference, one project at a time.One endeavor we were proud to be a part of was building the World Resource Institute’s climate change data visualization tool, Cait 2.0. This tool gives users easy access to (literally) a world of comparative climate data. Projects like these combine our expertise with our values while serving our clients and our communities.We are builders, designers, thinkers, collaborators, and over-achievers. We believe the most passionate associates also make time for family, laughter, and serenity. Our science is delivering data solutions with flair; our art is making it look easy.Interested in joining our team? We'd love to hear from you.

Job description:
About SeabourneCan data be a thing of beauty? We think so.At Seabourne, we build web applications that consolidate, integrate, and visualize data. Our dedicated project teams partner with our clients to achieve astounding results. Happy clients and cohesive teams are no accident—we have a delivery model that is tried and true and our established team of experts are cheered on to showcase their passion and know-how. We are excited about the work we do because we are building data solutions for clients who require brilliance, flexibility, and creativity. We solve real problems, making a real difference, one project at a time.One endeavor we were proud to be a part of was building the World Resource Institute’s climate change data visualization tool, Cait 2.0. This tool gives users easy access to (literally) a world of comparative climate data. Projects like these combine our expertise with our values while serving our clients and our communities.We are builders, designers, thinkers, collaborators, and over-achievers. We believe the most passionate associates also make time for family, laughter, and serenity. Our science is delivering data solutions with flair; our art is making it look easy.If this is you, we’d love to hear from you. About the Project Manager RoleSeabourne Consulting’s success relies heavily upon our stellar team of Project Managers. Our Project Managers practice a hybrid Agile methodology. They manage 1-4 projects of moderate to high complexity from beginning to completion, which requires expertise in both business consulting and engineering solutions. Client success is measured in terms of time, budget, and quality: ultimately success means customer loyalty for Seabourne. Our projects involve a dynamic understanding of client needs and how we can deliver a customized tangible solution that will delight them. Projects are usually related to data engineering and include business case development with a sales lead, discovery, requirements definition, solution design, and development oversight. Project Managers are responsible for project planning and prioritization, managing all project resource tasks, primary client communications, and are held accountable for delivery of results and overall client satisfaction.Our Project Managers act as a hub of communication between clients, contractors, staff, and management--requiring deft communication and active involvement in nearly every aspect of the project. This position requires demonstrable experience of 3-5 years successfully managing projects, preferably in software.

Requirements:
Act as primary liaison between clients and development teams.Translate project contract or statement of work into a project plan and resource assignments that can be presented to client and used to manage the project progress.Manage scope, budgets, timelines, and risks across multiple project simultaneously using company tools, metrics and KPIs.Prepare and present project kickoff, project budgets, statements of work, memos, meeting minutes, project plans, and more.Manage and build client relationships. Schedule and lead status update meetings, collect information from client resources, set up discovery interviews and workshops with clients, and prepare status reports.Manage project team relationships and create and follow resource allocation budgets.Proactively track, measure, address, and resolve project issues and client concerns.Lead weekly internal team meetings, sprint planning meeting and all other project meetings.Actively involved in quality testing of project deliverables.Assess tangible product through all phases of development against client needs.Apply appropriate project management discipline. This includes delivery methodology, customer required methodology, a hybrid approach, agile, etc.Lead a deadline-conscious project team while staying within resource budgets.Accept feedback on performance and work and quickly act upon it.Log time in our time-tracking software for accurate client billing.Skills and ExperienceSpecific Skills Required:3+ years experience or a minimum of 5 completed medium to large project implementationsHas led teams of 2-12 people on projects ranging in duration from 2-8 monthsPreferred experience working in a consulting agencyAbility to understand client relationship management strategy and to participate as a key actor in its coordinated execution, along with sales and management teamsFamiliarity with various solutions and business processes involved with Business Intelligence, Data Analytics, Data Management, Data Governance, Data Quality, etc.General Project Management Skills Required:Work-planning, estimating, meeting facilitation, and issue resolutionExperience with various project life cycle methodologies such as scrum and agileExperience with project tracking tools and bug tracking tools a plus such as JiraPMP, Scrum Master or other project management certification a plusAbility to translate project requirements into statements of work, project plans with resources, tasks, deliverables, and timeframesExperience with process and quality managementAbility to conduct detailed analysis of business process and technical problems and to recommend solutionsExcellent oral and written English communication skillsTeam building and collaboration focusedApplication and Status:Client and employer references, portfolio with examples of Statements of Work, Project Plans or publicly accessible examples of successful software projects would be highly valued for your application.This is a 1099 contract position. 

Benefits:
Location: Portland, Oregon. You must currently reside in the Portland Metro area to be considered for this position.